Sword Saint Isshin
The voice of Jin Kazama from the Tekken series since 1997.
Isshin Chiba (千葉 一伸, Chiba Isshin; born June 26, 1968) is a Japanese voice actor who appeared in 35 films since he first started acting in 1990 and is best known for doing the voice of Jin Kazama from the Tekken series. He was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan, and graduated from Miyagi Prefecture Kesennuma High School. After high school, he attended Katsuma Voice Actor's Academy in Tokyo and began his voice acting career at age 22 in 1990. In 1997, he landed the role of Jin Kazama from the Tekken fighting game series, starting with Tekken 3, and has voiced Jin in all subsequent Tekken games and adaptations, including crossovers and the Japanese dub of the live-action Tekken film.
Quick Facts
- Name
- Isshin Chiba
- Role
- Voice actor
- Affiliation
- ARTSVISION
- Location
- Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan
- Status
- Active
Reader's Guide
Isshin Chiba has appeared in 35 films since starting acting in 1990. His filmography includes roles in television animation, movies, ONA, OVA, video games, drama CDs, tokusatsu, and dubbing. Notable movie roles include: Big Wars (1993) as Operator, Detective Conan: Captured In Her Eyes (2000) as Detective Chiba, Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001) as Crow Guard, Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001) as Detective Chiba, Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program (2005) as Barrel, Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) as Officer Chiba, Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011) as Jin Kazama, Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) as Detective Chiba, Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword Of Life And Death (2017) as Tie Di Xian, The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran (2019) as Arthur von Streit, and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (2024) as Arnold Neumann.
ONA roles include 7 Seeds (2019) as Norikazu Kagami and Tekken: Bloodline (2022) as Jin Kazama. OVA roles include Please Save My Earth (1993) as Takashi Matsudaira, Fencer of Minerva (1994) as Harif, and Detective Conan: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy (2003) as Yousuke Moriguchi. Tokusatsu roles include Ultraman Neos (2000) as Ultraseven 21, Kamen Rider Decade (2009) as Garulu, Tensou Sentai Goseiger (2010) as Matroid Zuteru-S of the Mach, Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max (2011) as Kamen Rider X, and Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018) as Zarudan Hou.
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